<<...the technology (WCDMA) is NOT ready for prime time--and won't be for a while--a while being several years>>
Andy, if WCDMA really is that late, isn´t the whole WCDMA bubble going to burst already on September the 26th???! That is when Sonera in Finland plans to launch their WCDMA network, and at that time Nokia should also launch the first Nokia WCDMA phone.
Sonera´s WCDMA network is mostly delivered by Nokia (some Ericsson stuff might be there too), and Nokia´s first WCDMA phone with Series 60 platform, 176 x 208 pixel color display, integrated digital camera, GSM 900/1800, GPRS, HSCSD, WCDMA, MMS, J2ME, polyphonic MIDI sounds, Bluetooth and Data speeds of 64 - 128 kbits will be the only phone that Sonera is going to offer. And naturally the phone comes with a Nokia chipset, no Qualcomm hardware there. BTW, here´s a picture of the phone: vapaalla.org
Now, what do you think is going to happen? Will Sonera delay the launch, or will they launch it despite the immaturity of the technology? And if so, what kind of catastrophy are going to witness? Battery problems, GSM-WCDMA roaming problems, software glitches in the phones or what??? Is there even a slightest of chance that Sonera´s WCDMA launch could be a success, for both Sonera and Nokia? |
